sun block next time. And yes, there will be a next time!)I can remember turning a corner and seeing Tower Bridge and becoming quite emotional. Someone from the hospice was there on the other side with a big cheer and a camera. The Runner’s World
training went fairly well, only interrupted by a two-week break due to the nasty 'flu bug in February. I decided to use the sub-3:30 Runner's World schedule to a fashion and it worked well for me. With some more help from my local club, Winchester
ballot, and got in this year. The excitement in our house has grown from the moment I got the acceptance magazine.Despite a fair few scares with injuries, I managed to complete my training schedule pretty much to plan. Then on Friday I developed a pain
have felt desperate seeing the train leave without them. The atmosphere amongst the runners is something unique. The crowds were immense; the only areas with no support were underground! Cutty Sark and Tower Bridge were by far the highlights for me
in the morning; it's not fast enough'. In reality, the ability to be a world-class marathon runner does in part depend on being able to absorb the training over two or three years. I don't know of any elite marathon runner who doesn't average around 100 miles a
from supporters and runners, and the front and the back of pack, and they condense a lifetime's emotions into 26.2 miles.Don't forget: the accounts of achievement at the back of the pack are usually at least as awesome as the stories of speed
surely have gone to bed on Saturday night pleading: 'Whatever you do, Dad, don't get overtaken by a rhino'."John Brown, 4:50Many thanks to the Runner's World pacer. Sticking with the 11-minute mile group made my first marathon (at 57) a lot easier
